Digital BW, The Print

Hello Tony,

>That was one of the more interesting posts I've read in awhile, 
>on a topic of particular interest to me at the moment.  In my 
>studio, I have a Epson 4000 as my main printer for B&W.  I'm 
>using the standard Epson UC inkset with Eboni Black instead of 
>the Epson MK and using QTR or BO.  I was thinking of adding the 
>2400 as sort of "test bed" to see if I wanted to upgrade the 4000 
>to the 4800.  Think I'll wait for some more reviews of the K3 
>inkset.  

At $850 that's an expensive test bed - maybe I saved you a lot of
money <g>.  It's always tough knowing what to do when a brand new
system comes out.  It seems worse in this case because all the
reviewers, and even the early users, are going on about how great the
glossy prints are, and many don't even mention MK/matte prints.  I
have yet to see a really thorough review or user report on MK/matte.  



>My only problem with BO is that I frequently get 
>microbanding that I haven't figured out how to get rid of.

It seems to vary from one printer to another.  I have a Carl Schofield
4000 BO print that's one of the finest I've ever seen and has no
dither banding.  From that I thought that all 4000s would be that way,
but learned later it wasn't so.  I cured it on my 2200 with a head
alignment at a supposedly less than optimal setting, but it worked. 
The tiny amount that is there requires a loupe to see it.  

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
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